47 Tasting Notes

73

This brew was better at the start than the last one. It was one large chunk of tea from the sample bag, so that may have helped. It started out sweet and cocoa. Not as good or strong as other factory shou, but this flavor I could do regularly. I set the tea aside after a few steeps and came back to it today. When I came back it was more woody and spicy, not flavors I like for shou. Didn’t have a ton of life left in it either. I guess I can see why some like this, but I think it may also be an inconsistent tea as well. Glad I only have enough tea left for one more small session.

Preparation
6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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89

Did better brewing this time. Increased leaf, decreased temperature, and this is lasting what feels like an eternity. Very good flavors, reminds me I should try more white teas. Gongfu brewing again, will try at least one attempt at Western style before the sample is gone.

Preparation
2 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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85

Excellent well aged tea. I suppose the wetter storage shows how it accelerated aging nicely. This is at a point where all of the flavor has mellowed together to create a very good tea. Hard to describe the flavor since nothing stands out strongly but the taste is fantastic. It lasts through many steeps and stays good through all of them. This will be tempting to make an every day drinker.

Preparation
4 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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88

This is an amazing smoke bomb. Starts off heavy with camp fire smoke, very pleasant I might add. Thick body, a little drying in the mouth. After a few steeps camphor and nutmeg poke through. Very tasty, very pleasant, but I can’t do this every day.

Preparation
4 g 2 OZ / 60 ML
kevdog19

I bought this WAY back… and I love it to the binghole. This is dank.

iliketea

Glad to see more love for this. It’s still available from Yunnan Sourcing, and it is on the high side for what I like to spend for tea, but it is worth the price. I like the mini cake, but that means it will be gone sooner. I can only imagine what it was like fresher.

mrmopar

I got the nutmeg too. It is a smoke bomb as you said.

iliketea

MrMopar I appreciate the recommendation you made for this.

mrmopar

No worries. I like it once in a while too. Fabulous little cake.

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95

This is amazingly sweet and fruity, did not guess that from the aroma at all. Nice body for quite a few steeps and just overall some real good flavor. This lasts an extremely long time. I wish I could give a better overview of the flavor, but I love it.

Preparation
3 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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79

I bought this on a recommendation from reddit for someone else with the caveat it probably isn’t BanPen. I’m fine with that since it was cheap. What’s also clear is that it probably isn’t from 2010 either. But, it does have a nice green puer flavor that lasts through many steeps. I’m curious about how it would age.

Preparation
7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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Didn’t buy this from Moylor but it is the same year and batch. Not rating this due to how young it is. This is not as fishy or fermentationy as I was expecting for the age. The fermentation flavor isn’t bad, and the overall flavor is decent. I could drink this if I had to, but I’m going to let this sit for another year to see how it develops.

Preparation
4 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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83

Brewed this western style this time, and I think it shines better here. Started out on the short side of brew times for western, at a minute, and increased by a minute each brew. Lots of nice malty flavors, got some nice sweetness in the later steeps. This is excellent, and I don’t think there are enough subtle flavors to bother with gongfu brewing, especially since I can get many steeps from this western style.

Preparation
2 g 8 OZ / 236 ML

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82

This is a really nice aged ripe tuo. It isn’t the highest quality leaf, but there’s some good taste in there anyways. Nice cocoa flavor with a hint of smoke. Not fermentation funk at all. Nice price, a nice alternative to the Dayi V93 with a little different flavor.

Preparation
4 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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